FRIDAY, NOV. 11, 2011

Both teams are on the floor warming up and the question of who is scheduled to redshirt for GU appears to be answered. Kelly Olynyk, Kyle Dranginis and Chris Sarbaugh aren't suited up and it sounds like the plan is to redshirt them, provided no...

I'll be tweeting updates tonight from the 4A first-round game between Ferris and Central Valley. I'll also be tweeting Saturday at the Mead/Skyline game. Please send me score updates so I can pass those along. Either text me at 509-844-8168, email at gregl@spokesman.com or tweet...

Painted too late and it took too long to cleanup, but that's a good excuse for a morning post to gather up the information that wasn't available early on the eve of the (women's) basketball season. Read on.

THURSDAY, NOV. 10, 2011

Feels like it's been about eight weeks since I left the Pepsi Center in Denver following GU's loss to BYU in the NCAA Tournament. It's actually been nearly eight months and now the Bulldogs are 24 hours from opening the 2011-12 season when Eastern Washington...

COUGARS Night is falling in Pullman, with a large, round moon slowly rising over the northeast stands of Martin Stadium. That was the backdrop for the Cougars practice this evening, as they continued their prep for Saturday night's Arizona State game. We have notes from...

Good morning. As previously mentioned, GU senior center Robert Sacre was the coverboy for the S-R college basketball section. Here's my article on one of the most interesting characters to come through the program during its rise to national prominence. (Since his mother, Leslie, called...

COUGARS The sporting nation's attention is on State College, home of Penn State and, in a bit of coincidence, where the WSU women's basketball team is headed for a weekend season-opening tournament. Our attention is on football, basketball and Pullman, where Washington State will host...

Idaho women's basketball program added four players today, highlighted by local product Abigail Quinnett. (Link to story will be added as soon as it's up.) Quinnette, a 6-1 post from Moscow, whose father Brian played at Cheney and for Washington State before a brief career...

Ty Egbert, a 6-foot-8 forward from Lake Roosevelt High in Washington, has signed with the University of Idaho. Egbert is the No. 5 prospect in Washington and the 40th-best prospect in the West, according to ESPNU Recruiting. Egbert's coach, Brad Wilson, told me earlier in...

So Spokane Chiefs fans, would you like to work up a little outrage at the Western Hockey League? Everett's Lucas Grayson, who received a 5-minute boarding major with 4 minutes left in the Spokane Chiefs' 8-1 pounding of the Silvertips, was given a four-game suspension...

Eastern Washington women's basketball program only signed two players but they got some bang for the buck. The Eagles are adding 6-foot-4 center Hanna Mack from Eugene, Ore., and 6-foot CeCe Pearl from Peoria, Ariz.

Washington State threw out a large net and landed six new women basketball players for next season. The new class is focused on the backcourt with five guards, which is the strength of this year's team, which opens at Penn State on Friday. The haul...

COUGARS I thought I would leave last night's post as the most-recent WSU one for a little longer today, just to induce some traffic. That's why we're a bit later than usual with our morning post, not because somebody overslept. No, really that's why. Promise....

Update 10 a.m.: How's this for a little notoriety and a lot of pressure? ESPN.com picks Gonzaga's Katelan Redmon as one of the top small forwards in the game. The 6-1 senior from Lewis and Clark is rated No. 3 in a category that has...

Lots of Zag stuff from here and there this morning and more coming tomorrow with the S-R's college basketball section. John Blanchette wrote about Gonzaga's inexperienced backcourt and here's an update on Josh Heytvelt's career overseas. S-R alum Dave Boling previews the Zags here.

TUESDAY, NOV. 8, 2011

COUGARS We have a lot to share tonight, from Paul Wulff's press conferences to Ken Bone's – tomorrow is signing day – to football practice. But before we get there, I want to share some personal thoughts about the person who is going to be...

UPDATED Just wanted to get this thread up in case you wanted to start talking about accomplishments last weekend or things ahead. First, what a great showing by area cross country teams and individuals at state. Cheney's girls, Lakeside's boys and girls and North Central's...

Checked in with Elias Harris a couple weeks ago and again before Monday's practice. As I've mentioned before, Harris has a new leaner look this season, thanks to an offseason of conditioning and diet. There are other reasons, beyond the conditioning aspect, GU coaches anticipate...